CRUST provides a decentralized storage network of Web3.0 ecosystem. It supports multiple storage layer protocols such as IPFS, and exposes storage interfaces to application layer. Crust's technical stack is also capable of supporting a decentralized computing layer. It is designed to build a decentralized cloud ecosystem that values data privacy and ownership.
Meaningful Proof of Work
Based on the TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) technology, Crust implements MPoW (Meaningful Proof of Work) mechanism to quantify meaningful storage resource usage and generate corresponding work report in a reliable way.
Guaranteed PoS Consensus
Crust’s GPoS (Guaranteed Proof of Stake) derives from PoS consensus. It requires nodes to provide storage resources as a guarantee to obtain staking quota, and encourages users to stake their tokens to high quality nodes via guarantee operation to obtain staking income.
Decentralized Cloud Storage Market
Crust’s DSM (Decentralized Storage Market) enables users to place storage orders on the chain, to get their data stored and distributed on Crust Network. With the back up of entire network, users can retrieve their data from everywhere at anytime.
>> crust-cli order QmQttmFtnV2NT91MkHti2a8iW8hCRH61TE44nR6XhfNv3v
03
Get your files anywhere
>> ipfs get QmQttmFtnV2NT91MkHti2a8iW8hCRH61TE44nR6XhfNv3v
Decentralized Cloud in Web3.0
Serverless DApp/website hosting
Developers are able to deploy their own Dapps/websites based on Crust/IPFS Network. With this, developers are able to only focus on building Dapps/websites, no need for server management. Moreover, Crust Network incentives multiple nodes to store Dapp/website files and provide storage services, thus ensuring the high availability of Dapps/websites. [Crust Apps] is an example, it is hosted on Crust Network.
General off-chain data storage
Developers are able to deploy their own Dapps/websites based on Crust/IPFS Network. With this, developers are able to only focus on building Dapps/websites, no need for server management. Moreover, Crust Network incentives multiple nodes to store Dapp/website files and provide storage services, thus ensuring the high availability of Dapps/websites. [Crust Apps] is an example, it is hosted on Crust Network.
Accelerated content delivery
Developers are able to build P2P content delivery network (CDN) services with Crust/IPFS Network. Crust Network incentivizes the nodes to spontaneously distribute CDN data and play the role of CDN edge nodes to accelerate the data transmission for CDN users.
Secured cloud storage
Developers are able to build Cloud storage applications with Crust/IPFS Network. Without maintaining storage clusters, developers only need to integrate the SDK of Crust/IPFS into applications to provide users with stable storage services.
Time Line
2018 Q3
Core Team
2019 Q2
Proof of concept + Prototyping
2020 Q1
Rocky Testnet
2020 Q4
Maxwell Testnet
2021 Q1
Preview Network
2021 Q2
Mainnet
2018 Q3
Core Team
2019 Q2
Proof of concept + Prototyping
2020 Q1
Rocky Testnet
2020 Q4
Maxwell Testnet
2021 Q1
Preview Network
2021 Q2
Mainnet
Team Members
Bova Chen
Co-Founder
He has 15+ yrs experience of financial investment. He started as TMT researcher and then managed several funds as investment director. He founded Winsun Capital and did successful investments in crypto industry.
Leo Wang
Co-Founder
He has 15+ yrs experience in IT industry. Leo worked in Microsoft and Cisco as senior development lead. He got rich experience in distributed storage, cloud computing and blockchain, and led a blockchain-based project to store and exchange manufacturing data in different geo-locations.
Zikun Fan
Technical Lead
He got his master degree in Computer Science from ZheJiang University and received the PhD offer from CERCS Lab of Georgia Tech. Zikun worked in Microsoft on Azure Kubernetes and blockchain based projects.
Steve Shi
Market Lead
He got 10+ yrs experience of marketing, program operation and new product management in IT Industry. Steve got both his master degree and MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University. He worked in Cisco to support new product global launch business.
Dean Yan
Product Lead
Dean is experienced in information security and blockchain technologies. He has been working in Cisco on supply chain blockchain based projects, one of his innovation projects was announced in global Development@Cisco conference.
Yang Zhao
Core Developer
Yang got his master's degree from Tsinghua University. He has participated in open source projects and made significant contributions. Yang worked in Microsoft on cyber security, distributed storage and big data projects.
Yao Zhao
Core Developer
Yao got his master’s degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University. He is experienced in Data security and Linux kernel technologies. Yao worked in Cisco IT security department and participated several blockchain projects.